Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
27 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other qualities
Commitment to developing user-focused services
- Other qualities
Ability to get on with colleagues across disciplines and specialties
- Other qualities
Ability to appraise own performance
- Personal Skills
Ability to work in multidisciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Personal Skills
Self-motivating
- Personal Skills
Confidence in therapeutic risk taking
- Personal Skills
Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Personal Skills
Willingness to innovate and problem-solve service issues
- Research and Audit
Participation in Medical Audit and Quality Improvement initiatives
- Research and Audit
Commitment to research informed care and service development
- Teaching and supervision
Experience of teaching at either undergraduate or postgraduate level
- Qualifications and training
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry OR within six months Approved clinician status
- Qualifications and training
Included on the GMC Specialist Register with a CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or within 6 months of eligibility
- Qualifications and training
Approved Clinician status AND Approved under S12 of the UK Mental Health Act (1983), or able to achieve these within 3 months of appointment
- Qualifications and training
Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- Experience and clinical skills
Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Experience and clinical skills
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Experience and clinical skills
Good oral and written communication skills in English
- Experience and clinical skills
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Experience and clinical skills
Significant experience in risk assessment and management including positive risk taking
- Experience and clinical skills
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Experience and clinical skills
Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Experience and clinical skills
Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
- Organisational and management skills
Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Organisational and management skills
Commitment to working with service users on service development
- Organisational and management skills
Commitment to Clinical Governance
- Organisational and management skills
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Other qualities
Experience of active involvement in service user initiatives
- Research and Audit
Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields
- Teaching and supervision
Medical education qualification
- Teaching and supervision
Approval to supervise psychiatric trainees
- Qualifications and training
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines) Experience in other relevant specialties such as in patient, liaison psychiatry, home treatment or addictions
- Qualifications and training
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Qualifications and training
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Qualifications and training
Membership or fellowship of Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Experience and clinical skills
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience and clinical skills
Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Organisational and management skills
Formal leadership and management training
- Organisational and management skills
Experience of team /service leadership
Job overview
This role is for the consultant psychiatrist for Dulwich Community Health Centre for the longer term care and support of patients within this neighbourhood. The post holder will work with a consultant colleague (responsible for short term interventions), team leader and CSL to provide high quality, holistic, patient centred care
Main duties of the job
The postholder will provide clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team. They will work with the team manager to ensure responsive, excellent and safe care is provided that supports the whole healthcare system. The postholder will work with senior directorate staff to meet Trust objectives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will provide clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team. They will work with the team manager to ensure responsive, excellent and safe care is provided that supports the whole healthcare system. The postholder will work with senior directorate staff to meet Trust objectives. Please see job description and person specification for further details
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in Beckenham, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: N/A. The application deadline is 11 Oct 2026.
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